Locality type:

Pipe

Classification

Species:

Pyrope

Formula:

Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Majhgawan diamond pipe, Panna Mines, Panna, Panna District, Madhya Pradesh, India

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1333242

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1333242:2

GUID (UUID V4):

f90f997c-b912-485a-a3f9-03643a8cc913

References

Scott Smith, B.H. 1989. Lamproites and kimberlites in India. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen, 161, 193-225.

Chatterjee, A. K., & Rao, K. S. (1995). MAJHGAWAN DIAMONDIFEROUS PIPE, MADHYA-PRADESH, INDIA-A REVIEW. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 45(2), 175-189.

Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4

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	Khar'kiv, A. D., Zherdev, P. Yu., Makhotkin, I. L., Sheremeyev, V. F. (1991) COMPOSITION OF THE DIAMOND-BEARING ROCKS OF THE MAJHGAWAN PIPE, CENTRAL INDIA. International Geology Review, 33 (3) 269-278 doi:10.1080/00206819109465692	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	com/loi/tigr20 COMPOSITION OF THE DIAMOND-BEARING ROCKS OF THE MAJHGAWAN PIPE, CENTRAL INDIA a a a A. D. Khar'kiv...(1991) COMPOSITION OF THE DIAMOND-BEARING ROCKS OF THE MAJHGAWAN PIPE, CENTRAL INDIA, International Geology... COMPOSITION OF THE DIAMOND-BEARING ROCKS OF THE MAJHGAWAN PIPE, CENTRAL INDIA A.D. Khar'kiv, P. Yu...geologicheskaya, 1991, No. 3, pp. 123-132. The rocks of this pipe differs in composition from typical kimberlite in...minerals (pyrope, chromite, ihnenite). At the same time they are markedly different from diamond-bearing
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Pyrope from Majhgawan diamond pipe, Panna Mines, Panna, Panna District, Madhya Pradesh, India

Pyrope from
Majhgawan diamond pipe, Panna Mines, Panna, Panna District, Madhya Pradesh, India